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14 July 2015

Greece’s Other Crisis [is Europe’s Crisis]

13 July 2015

In Search of Hospitable Spaces in Times of Crises at the Margins of Europe

5 June 2015

From The Field: Intuitive Trust Matters: Researching Conflict and Crime across Borders

6 May 2015

Welcome Home? Deportation to El Salvador

5 May 2015

‘From One Police State to Another’: Stories of Deportation from the United States to El Salvador

1 May 2015

Border Crossings and Gender in the Greek Detention System

30 April 2015

‘A Recession-Proof Industry’: Reagan’s Immigration Crisis and the Birth of the Neoliberal Security State

29 April 2015

Immigrant Health in la jaula

10 April 2015

Tibetan Women and Nuns: What’s Missing in Our Discussion on Borders and Gender?

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20 October 2026

EU ‘Deportation Regulation’: a massive expansion of immigration detention

by: Galatea Scotti, Chiara Catelli

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11 September 2026

Lharba at the border: Escape, rumours, and the making of the 2026 Ceuta crossings

by: Rachid Benharrousse

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6 October 2026

Out of sight, out of mind? How a colonial past shapes the Italy-Libya migration partnership

by: Diana Volpe

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16 October 2026

University entanglement with carceral border institutions: Medical Education, dual loyalty and complicity in Italy-Albania detention centres

by: Nicola Cocco, Kristina Millona, Patrizia Borsellino, Vittorio Agnoletto, Antonello D’Elia, Lara Tavoschi, Francesca Cimino, Fabio Perocco, Francesca Esposito, Chiara Montaldo, Camilla Ponti

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23 October 2026

EU ‘Deportation Regulation’: ‘Alternatives to detention’ and the expanded toolbox for control, surveillance and coercion

by: Galatea Scotti, Chiara Catelli

Border Criminologies Blog

Greece’s Other Crisis [is Europe’s Crisis]

In Search of Hospitable Spaces in Times of Crises at the Margins of Europe

From The Field: Intuitive Trust Matters: Researching Conflict and Crime across Borders

Welcome Home? Deportation to El Salvador

‘From One Police State to Another’: Stories of Deportation from the United States to El Salvador

Border Crossings and Gender in the Greek Detention System

‘A Recession-Proof Industry’: Reagan’s Immigration Crisis and the Birth of the Neoliberal Security State

Immigrant Health in la jaula

Tibetan Women and Nuns: What’s Missing in Our Discussion on Borders and Gender?

Top blogs posts this month

1)

EU ‘Deportation Regulation’: a massive expansion of immigration detention

2)

Lharba at the border: Escape, rumours, and the making of the 2026 Ceuta crossings

3)

Out of sight, out of mind? How a colonial past shapes the Italy-Libya migration partnership

4)

University entanglement with carceral border institutions: Medical Education, dual loyalty and complicity in Italy-Albania detention centres

5)

EU ‘Deportation Regulation’: ‘Alternatives to detention’ and the expanded toolbox for control, surveillance and coercion

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Border Criminologies Blog

Greece’s Other Crisis [is Europe’s Crisis]

In Search of Hospitable Spaces in Times of Crises at the Margins of Europe

From The Field: Intuitive Trust Matters: Researching Conflict and Crime across Borders

Welcome Home? Deportation to El Salvador

‘From One Police State to Another’: Stories of Deportation from the United States to El Salvador

Border Crossings and Gender in the Greek Detention System

‘A Recession-Proof Industry’: Reagan’s Immigration Crisis and the Birth of the Neoliberal Security State

Immigrant Health in la jaula

Tibetan Women and Nuns: What’s Missing in Our Discussion on Borders and Gender?

Top blogs posts this month

1)

EU ‘Deportation Regulation’: a massive expansion of immigration detention

2)

Lharba at the border: Escape, rumours, and the making of the 2026 Ceuta crossings

3)

Out of sight, out of mind? How a colonial past shapes the Italy-Libya migration partnership

4)

University entanglement with carceral border institutions: Medical Education, dual loyalty and complicity in Italy-Albania detention centres

5)

EU ‘Deportation Regulation’: ‘Alternatives to detention’ and the expanded toolbox for control, surveillance and coercion

With the support of

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